Operation Nukorea

I have to say, out of the other Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industry videos we’ve watched so far, Operation Nukorea is probably my favorite (runner-up going to Dakota). This could be because it scrolls downwards, reading more like a normal piece of literature instead of flashing one or two words at a time. But, moving past the way it’s presented, this account of a fictional war between North Korea and America/South Korea is powerful. The raw fashion chosen to describe the atrocities committed during the initial decimation of Seoul makes it almost seem real, like you’re viewing what’s going on in Seoul through the eyes of somebody caught in the maelstrom. The writing stood up on it’s own, to the point where even if the reader just read it on a piece of paper, top to bottom, left to right, without the music in the background or the use of timing, it would still be just as good. I guess I chose Operation Nukorea over any of the other pieces we’ve (read? watched?) because I never had that moment where I stopped being interested in what was happening, and was just waiting for it to be over so I could go to the bathroom or make a sandwich. I mean, Bust Down The Door! was good, but I can only watch the same story happen in a billion different tenses before I lose interest in what’s happening. Same with The Art Of Sleep. The video/writing brought forward some important philosophical views, and used an interesting sense of timing, but there’s only so long I can watch the monotonous ramblings of this person before I just lose interest. Another victim of the era of the short attention span.